Engaging Children with Music
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 218
Edition: 4
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 218
Choose Your Format
Choose Your Platform | Help Me Choose
$98.12
Ebook
$59.54
Engaging Children with Music provides a useful, practical musical background and resource, enabling classroom teachers to comfortably integrate music into their lessons. An engaging resource of materials using the musical elements, the text introduces and provides a foundation and working knowledge of the music elements.
Foreword, Introduction
Chapter 1 Engaging the Foundation—Music and You
What Is Music?
How Do We Listen to Music and What Are We Hearing?
Listening Activity
How Is Music Important?
How Will You Use Music in Your Classroom?
Educational Learning Theorists
Music Education Philosophies
Music Elements
Value of Music Assignment
Chapter 2 Engaging Children with Rhythm
Experiences with Steady Beat
Experiences with Pulse and Rhythm
Experiences with Reading and Writing Notation
Creative Class Chant Assignment
Integration of Music with ELA
Picture Book Assignment
Picture Book Template
Picture Book Assignment Rubric
Chapter 3 Engaging Children with Melody
Experiencing Pitch: High and Low
Experiencing Transition from Contour to Standard Notation
Experiencing Standard Notation
Chapter 4 Engaging Children with Singing
Characteristics of Children’s Voices
Vocal Exploration
Creative Drama with Vocal Exploration
“Piggyback” Songs
Good Singing Techniques
Singing Skill Progression
Singing Adds Texture and Harmony
How to Choose An Appropriate Song for Children
Integrating Multicultural Music
Chapter 5 Engaging Children with Playing Melodic and Rhythmic Instruments
Experiences with Unpitched Percussion
Experiences with Pitched Percussion
Application
Chapter 6 Engaging Children with Listening
Listening Awareness
Vocal Timbre
Instrumental Timbre and Families
Symphony Orchestra Seating Chart
Music Uses the Expressive Element
Music has Form
Music has Style
Musical Time Periods and Representative Composers
Analyzing Music Template
Listening Map
Listening Map Assignment
More Listening Selections
Rubric for Listening Map Assignment
Chapter 7 Engaging Children with Movement
Transfer Images to Movement
Directional Facings and Levels
Music games
Favorite group Dance Suggestions
Teach a Movement Lesson Assignment
Chapter 8 Lesson Planning
Lesson Plan Directions
Rote Method Teaching guidelines
Rote Method Lesson Plan Example
Rubric For Rote Method Teaching Assignment
Note Teaching Method guidelines
Sample Lesson Plan Note Method Teaching
Note Method Teaching Assignment Rubric
Chapter 9 Engaging the Recorder
History of the Recorder
Prerecorder Exercises
Exploration of Sound
Adding Standard Music Notation
Appendix A Music Library
Song List in Alphabetical Order
Appendix B Additional Engaging Activities
Extending the Form of a Singing game—for Primary grades
Dances from Around the World
Additional Cross Curricular Ideas
Create a School Music Program
Appendix C Book List
Appendix Assignment Forms
CHAPTER 8: Note Method Teaching Self-Assessment
CHAPTER 8: Note Teaching Teacher Evaluation
CHAPTER 6: Young Person’s guide to the Orchestra
CHAPTER 6: Rubric for Listening Map Assignment
CHAPTER 8: Rote Method Teaching Self Evaluation
CHAPTER 8: Teacher Assessment for Rote Method Teaching
CHAPTER 2: Picture Book Assignment Rubric
Rhythm Cards
Index